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09-13-2012, 01:35 PM #1
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Silver & Blue- 02 Camaro SS, 04 GTO
Oil pump pressure
I am getting parts together to do a cam swap this winter when the car is off the road. While doing the cam I will be replacing the timing chain, the rocker arms and push rods. I am not sure about replacing the oil pump. My 02 SS has led an easy life in a heated garage, on the road only 7 months a year and I put about 2500 to 3000 miles a year on it. I now have 33k on the clock. My question is do I replace the oil pump ? My guage ( yes I know how inacurate they are ) reads 80 psi cold, 75 psi hot at 3000 rpm, 60 psi hot at idle and never below 50 psi, ever. I am not the first owner so I do not know if I have a stock pump or a ported after market pump. Do I replace something that works fine or do I replace it anyway ?
My ride is a 2002 Camaro SS SLP #3296 with 30k, LTH, 3" Y, CME, Frost tune, K&N, ported TB, Blackwing lid, Bellows, MSD, Denso Iridium, and 85mm MAF, Bilsteins, Eibach springs, SLP strut brace, Adj. Panhard, TA Girdle, UMI, Pro 5.0, Nitto NT555
My wife has a 2004 GTO with the rare SAP, 18" wheels, K&N Cold Air System, MSD, Ported TB, Frost tune, Denso Iridium, Flowmaster cat-back, 3200 Yank, 75k
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09-13-2012, 02:28 PM #2
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Black/ Silver- 98 TA WS6/ 01 C5 Corvette
If you have the money I would replace it.
1998 Trans Am WS6 - Phantom
421 CI LQ9, Tick Performance Custom Cam, TFS 255cc LS3 heads, Kooks 2" LT headers, Kooks 3" True Duals w/ high flow cats, FTP 104 lid, Speed Density Tune, 4" silicon tube, LS6 VCT, FAST 102 Intake, NW 102 TB, Oil Catch Can, SLP Bilstein Shocks w/ Vogtland Springs, CTS-V 4-piston Calipers w/C6 Z06 rotors, Stainless Steel Brake Lines, R1 concepts premium rotors, Hawk HP+ brake pads, VFN WSQ Hood, C5-R timing chain, SLP oil pump, E85 tune, Walbro 450 fuel pump, Deatschwerkz 95# injectors, Breathless performance headlights, Frost Tune, !HVAC.
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09-13-2012, 05:12 PM #3
+1 If you are going as deep as the timing chain, swap it out for a ported pump. Cheap insurance imo.
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